It’s pretty hard to deny that split-flap displays are incredibly awesome. This one has been a long time coming, and it’s not a refab or surplus build. [Tom] fabricated these beautiful alpha-numeric ...

According to the project’s GitHub repository, it looks as though each split-flap has thirteen unique positions. The first ten are for numerals 0 through 9, and the rest are either blank, or used to ...

The What: Oat Foundry has released the Smart Split Flap Display, a retro-designed, nostalgia-inspired message board for retailers, restaurants, hotels, and more, that can be controlled and automated ...

Standing in the Gare du Nord train station in Paris in 2012, Dorrian Porter was transfixed by a sign. The station’s arrivals and departures board—a classic split-flap analog sign that constantly turns ...

One solution to the challenge of standing out in a sea of LED video walls and digital signage is to go completely in the other direction – analog. The problem, of course, is that updating old-school, ...

This modern incarnation of a vintage display technology is making its mark in myriad locations, including retro art installations. All I can say is that my chum Rick Curl has a lot to answer for, ...